air
n. 1) 空气/大气/空中; 2) 外观,印象,气氛; 3) 飞机相关
v. a) 通风; b) 广播; c) 发表意见
1. airbrush: a device for spraying [喷] paint [油漆,颜料] by means of compressed [压缩的] air
2. An air drop [空投] is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes [降落伞].
3. An airing cupboard is a heated cupboard in which to keep sheets, towels, etc.
4. An air freshener is a product that makes rooms smell pleasant.
5. Air miles are points that you collect when you buy goods or services, and which you use to pay for air travel.
6. The airtime [广播时间] that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts [广播] about it.
7. "There is a strong smell in the air, let's go outside and get some fresh air." "But I've left my shoes outside to air."
8. The market is held in the open air [露天].
9. We'll be on air [播出] in one minute, put on your shoes.
10. If you say that you are walking/floating/treading on air, you mean that you are very happy. The moment I know I'm in the team, it's like I'm walking on air.
11. 气溶胶 is as light as air/a feather.
12. castles in the air/in Spain: day-dreams, 白日梦, 空中楼阁。mirage /mi'ra:ʒ/: 海市蜃楼; miracle: 奇迹.
13. If something is up in the air, no decision has been made about it, e.g. The plan is still very much up in the air, as a matter of fact, it's a "p", not even a "pl".
14. If you say that someone's claims [声称] or promises are just hot air, you are criticizing them because they are made mainly to impress people and have no real value or meaning. fart=break wind
15. Rachel is always putting on airs. [showing sb thinks they are more important than they really are] She just walked past us with her nose in the air. [趾高鼻扬]
16. Airs and graces is affected manner intended (usually unsuccessfully) to make sb appear a very refined person. refined: polite and seems to be well-educated or to belong to a high social class. I like the actors in 山海情，they have no airs and graces.
17. If sb/sth disappears/vanish into thin air, they disappear completely. If they appear out of thin air, they appear suddenly and mysteriously.
18. hot, warm, dry, damp, humid | chill, cold, cool, crisp | clean, clear, fresh | foul/foul-smelling, polluted, stale | still air
19. air pollution | quality | pressure | current
20. breathe | gulp | suck (in) air
